Dec 10 2009

Zee TV – Letters of the Alphabet, Not A TV Channel!

Published by Rhianna Mohamed under Cultural Passport Assigments

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As I walked into the Paley Media Center, located on W.52nd Street, I knew this was exactly what media was all about. Filled with television screens, magazine advertisements, and movies screening in various corners of the center, media was all over the place.

Comparing three different countries’ news shows was most eye opening for me. On Zee TV (India’s television network), the news reporters were glamorously dressed up. News topics covered current events – mostly on the Bollywood scene. Where was the news? Not in Zee TV’s news program. Seeing the channel made me realize how beautified everything is in India and how much Indians worshipped actors and actresses. It put me off, seeing how I regarded many Indian men and women to be sophisticated and more reliable news sources than our FOX News or ABC News. As I looked online to research Zee TV, I realized the Zee branch has other channels: Zee Gold, Zee Cafe, Zee Trendz, Zee Sports, Zee Cinema, and Zee Smile. All of these channels are for entertainment purposes, not for informational ones. I’d rather stick to CNN – yes, it still shows footage of Michael Jackson’s death, but I do hear about worldwide events and not just Britney Spears!!

Do you want to check Zee TV out for yourself? Click here.

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8 Responses to “Zee TV – Letters of the Alphabet, Not A TV Channel!”

  1.   # Aon 12 Dec 2009 at 3:43 am

    Zee TV is amazing. I watch a wide range of their different channels whenever I’m in Bangladesh. They even have a Zee Bangla, haha.

  2.   # Sai Maon 12 Dec 2009 at 1:12 am

    Now I’ve seen everything… BET, ZEE TV, ESPN, NYC is truly diverse.

  3.   # solanaon 12 Dec 2009 at 12:50 am

    Ohh. ok. I understand now.

  4.   # Rhianna Mohamedon 12 Dec 2009 at 12:48 am

    I was just trying to make the point that everything is about entertainment on Zee TV.

  5.   # solanaon 12 Dec 2009 at 12:41 am

    So does that mean Zee TV only shows news about the Indian actresses and actors?

  6.   # Rhianna Mohamedon 11 Dec 2009 at 4:06 pm

    Zee News is a news program, Zerxis.

  7.   # Zerxis Presson 10 Dec 2009 at 8:56 pm

    Your not supposed to watch Zee TV for news though! It is an entertainment channel, although I do not consider a lot of those programs entertainment (except for the soccer matches that they occasionally show on Zee sports). So you can’t really compare CNN with such a channel.

  8.   # Samanthaon 10 Dec 2009 at 2:10 am

    This sounds really cool. It actually reminds me of the exhibit at ICP that showcased stereotypes of African Americas through the 20th century. And I completely approve of CNN.